Need to change Font for all Slides in Storyline 360

Aug 06, 2018

Hello,

I need to amend the font for all slides, instead of doing it manually, is there an option that all of them could be amended at once.

I did tried in Design tab, created the custom Font group but it didn't worked.

Would appreciate if anyone could kindly offer his/her advice.

Thank You!

7 Replies

Judy Nollet
Hero

over 5 years ago08/06/18 at 2:33 pm (UTC)

Hi, Sandeep,

Changing the Font Theme will change the text in the Story file -- but only the text that was assigned to the designated "__ (Body)" or "__(Headings)" style.

For example, assume the Font Theme is Articulate. That includes styles for "Articulate (Body)" and "Articulate (Headings)."

If text is assigned to "Articulate (Body)," that text should switch to the new font when you change the Font Theme.
If text was manually assigned to just the "Articulate" font (or any other font other than the designated "Body" or "Headings" font), that text won't switch to the new font when you change the Font Theme. In such a case, the programming assumes you want to keep the custom designation.

Theoretically, there is a way to switch all text to another font. Export the text into a Word document (File > Translations > Export to Word). In that Word file, the on-screen text should appear in the same font as it does in the Story file. Now change the font for all the on-screen text in the Word file; you can do that simply by selecting the entire column of text and assigning it to the font you want. Save the Word file, and then import it back into your Story file. The text will be in the new font. Unfortunately, this method has a few major caveats:

Export doesn't maintain bullet styles; it exports all bullets as the standard dark circle.
Export doesn't maintain paragraph spacing for bullets. So you lose any space before or after lines and other related settings. It can also mess up size for the last bullet in a series if there's no return after it.
After you import the text, even if the font is the same one used in your Font Theme, it won't be assigned as the "_Body" or "_Headings" font.

Bottom line: You can simply change the font throughout a course by changing the Font Theme, but only if ALL of the text is assigned to the designated "_Body" or "_Headings" font. Based on what you described, it sounds like your text isn't set that way. So I think you will have to change it manually throughout the course. Sorry.

Best wishes!

Ashley Terwilliger-Pollard
Staff

over 5 years ago08/06/18 at 8:35 pm (UTC)

Hi Sandeep,

It looks like you're also getting some help here, and Phil had a great recommendation to use the Replace fonts feature too.

over 5 years ago08/07/18 at 1:13 pm (UTC)

Hello Judy,

Thanks for your reply, appreciate the information presented extensively.

After reading through your explanation, I comprehend that we need to assign the text to the designated body and headings and then when I go into the font theme it would enable for the changes to be made.

Could you please advise how do I set the text in designated "_Body" or "_Headings" in storyline, i would try to assign the text and then change the font style accordingly.

Could you please advise.

Thank You!